Policy
Genetic Control of Insect Pests in Africa – Past, Present, and Future
2024.Explore that history as well as contemporary and planned applications of genetic biocontrol to control a variety of medically and agriculturally significant insects in Africa.
African Biotechnology Regulatory Landscape – Genetic Biocontrol Readiness
2024.Gene editing, gene drives and synthetic biology are being developed for better food production, healthcare and sustainable environment conservation. Africa stands to gain much from these developments. African countries are at various levels of establishing, implementing, and ...
A bumpy road ahead for genetic biocontainment
Tags: Policy, Synthetic biologyGeorge, D.R., Danciu, M., Davenport, P.W. et al, Nature Communications, 2024.
The environmental release of bioengineered organisms is increasingly being suggested for a variety of applications, including bioremediation, biosequestration, bio-mining, environmental biosensing and conservation. The objectives of many environmental release applications shift ...
Consultation on a draft National Gene Drive Policy Guide
Tags: Gene drive, Oceania, PolicyCommonwealth of Australia (Department of Health and Aged Care), National Gene Technology Scheme, 2024.
The term gene drive is used to describe organisms which have been genetically modified to increase the rate for a particular trait to spread through a sexually reproducing population, spreading the genes or traits through a species at a faster rate than normal inheritance. ...
Rescue by gene swamping as a gene drive deployment strategy
Tags: Biological control, Gene drive, Population genetics/dynamicsKeith D. Harris, Gili Greenbaum, Cell Reports, 42. 2023.
Gene drives are genetic constructs that can spread deleterious alleles with potential application to population suppression of harmful species. As gene drives can potentially spill over to other populations or species, control measures and fail-safe strategies must be considered. ...
